Ideas

Ideas

As allies of Martin Luther King, Jews must fight for the civil rights of Muslims

When the civil rights of any community are compromised, Jews must speak out, writes the president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.

Ideas

Blaming Obama doesn’t advance the cause of Middle East peace

Harsh criticism of the Obama administration ignores the complicated reality of the Middle East, writes the president of the Union for Reform Judaism.

Ideas

After UN settlement resolution, will another shoe drop?

The U.S. abstention will embolden Israel's enemies, increase Palestinian intransigence and make a peace accord ever harder to achieve, the head of B’nai B’rith International writes.

I’m wearing a kippah now — for solidarity and visibility

Aleppo needs action, not words

‘Worst fears, best hopes’ for the Trump presidency: Tevi Troy, presidential historian

‘Worst fears, best hopes’ for the Trump presidency: Ron Halber, Washington JCRC

A white Jewish reporter, a black newspaper and a century of common causes

Why planting more trees in Israel is a bad idea right now

While Israel tarries on pluralism, the Diaspora may be running out of patience

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